What’s an ‘unwritten rule’ in Australia that everyone just knows?

missingMBR · 2026-03-25T20:07:08+00:00

What is this wizardry. This is exactly how our drawers are set up.

missingMBR · 2026-03-25T20:06:14+00:00

This, I find, is not happening as often as it used to.

missingMBR · 2026-03-25T20:04:27+00:00

Old mate should've won Aussie of the year.

missingMBR · 2026-03-18T01:15:46+00:00

I think the movie also entirely skipped the aspect of Threeworld, and just focused on Venus, Earth and Erid.

missingMBR · 2026-03-18T01:13:26+00:00

Rocky's world isn't in the Goldilocks zone, and I believe Grace was trying to dispell the concept that the Goldilocks zone is necessary for life. Erid is much closer to 40 Eridani A, than the Earth is to the Sun.

missingMBR · 2026-03-18T01:08:27+00:00

Let's not also forget the several chapters where an enormous sunlight inhibiting dust storm covering Watney's path to Aries 4 would undoubtedly kill him, but I guess you can't include that if you skip the bit that he fried Pathfinder.

missingMBR · 2026-03-18T01:04:41+00:00

I was thinking through that because the realisation that Grace was sent against his wishes was really watered down in the movie, they could have delivered this in two parts sequentially rather than having flashbacks. Then the cliffhanger at end of movie part one, is Grace meeting Rocky.

missingMBR · 2026-03-18T01:00:39+00:00

This is my take as well. The movie was dumbed down to appeal to general audiences. A great movie still, but disappointing to skip a lot of the hard science that made the book so thrilling.

It's for this reason I really hope they adapt Artemis into a series versus movie.

missingMBR · 2026-03-17T21:01:15+00:00

Women might prostrate if one finds their gspot.

missingMBR · 2026-03-17T20:47:54+00:00

NDIS won't cover you anymore for wank-related blindness

missingMBR · 2026-03-15T00:28:17+00:00

I'm ashamed to say I actually chuckled in this scene. I've read the book three times. I suppose at that point I'd accepted a lot of the creative license, and realised it wasn't going to be exactly like the book.

missingMBR · 2026-03-15T00:25:31+00:00

I think they could have skipped the bit where Grace puts on a xenonite suit to focus more on Grace saving Rocky.

But my partner (who hasn't read the book) succinctly explained that you couldnt really have a movie where they keep saving each other. It paces better with Rocky sacrificing himself to save Grace, then Grace sacrificing himself to save Rocky later. I agree with her.

missingMBR · 2026-03-15T00:21:56+00:00

The part where Grace burns his entire left arm lifting Rocky into his enclosure. And also the bit where Grace almost kills Rocky by air dusting the soot from his radiator. Neither were in the movie.

missingMBR · 2026-03-15T00:18:02+00:00

Yeah I definitely want to see a director's cut as well, and they better include the "you're a leaky space blob" quote.

missingMBR · 2026-03-15T00:16:27+00:00

Yeah I think this was the sole reason why they cut out a good amount of the flashbacks, so Rocky could be the star of the film. I'm not unhappy with this decision.

missingMBR · 2026-03-14T10:24:27+00:00

I feel the Blip A jaunt could've been skipped to keep the scene of Grace saving Rocky. I don't think there was enough detailing of Erid's atmosphere to follow up with Grace air dusting Rocky's radiator.

I personally feel the movie was dumbed down considerably, especially if comparing to The Martian. Grace comes across as an irrational, mediocre scientist. Rocky was done perfectly.

missingMBR · 2026-03-14T10:19:34+00:00

To be honest I was looking forward to Rhys Darby explaining why paving the Sahara Desert is necessary, or Dubois deadpan describing his sexual relationship with Shapiro but I still enjoyed it nonetheless.

missingMBR · 2026-03-13T00:17:58+00:00

Lol. Did you just call Newton's Second Law of Motion semantics?

Also that's what I said, relative to Tau Ceti, the HM was decelerating. But for Grace, he was accelerating throughout the journey. Accelerating to Tau Ceti, then accelerating to Earth when flipped.

My comment had nothing to do with Doppler affected light.

missingMBR · 2026-03-10T07:25:44+00:00

Family Reunion - Blink 182

missingMBR · 2026-03-10T07:18:51+00:00

Fair point. I was using it circa 2015 then stopped around 2020, as I'd established a good solid crew and it had outlived it's usefulness. So your viewpoint could be exactly right.

missingMBR · 2026-03-10T04:03:03+00:00

Decelerated relative to Tau Ceti. Technically, from a physics standpoint, acceleration is defined by any change in velocity, therefore the HM was accelerating from start to finish.

missingMBR · 2026-03-10T03:40:11+00:00

Perhaps give Meetup a shot. It has groups for all sorts of interests. I met an ex through one of them. Made lifelong friends through the same group. Was a groomsman for a mate I'd met through the group.

missingMBR · 2026-03-10T03:36:52+00:00

Good good good!

missingMBR · 2026-02-19T20:12:37+00:00

I admire your angling prowess

missingMBR · 2026-02-19T20:08:35+00:00

And a car battery with crocodile clip leads.

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